Astronomical Alamanac for Dec 29, 2005
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*** Almanac for the currently specified date ***:
Almanac for VLA:
long. 7 10 28 (h.m.s) W, lat. 34 04.7 (d.m), elev. 2126 m
Mountain Standard Time Standard Time ( 7 hrs W) in use all year.
For the night of: Thu, 2005 Dec 29 ---> Fri, 2005 Dec 30
Local midnight = 2005 Dec 30, 7 hr UT, or JD 2453734.792
Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 6 24 49.5
Sunset ( 2126 m horizon): 17 18 MST; Sunrise: 7 08 MST
Evening twilight: 18 40 MST; LMST at evening twilight: 1 04
Morning twilight: 5 46 MST; LMST at morning twilight: 12 12
12-degr twilight: 18 09 MST --> 6 17 MST; night center: 0 13 MST
Moonset : 15 45 MST Moonrise: 6 58 MST
Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.012
0.8 days before new moon, RA and dec: 17 48 02, -28 24.1
The sun is down for 13.8 hr; 11.1 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight.
Dark all night (moon down from evening to morning twilight).
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